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 | Thina Siwendu In April 2014, the Constitutional Court ordered the South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa) to initiate a new tender process for the payment of welfare grants. Read more >>
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 | Andrew Lewis A number of advance tax rulings have recently been released by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) relating to the corporate tax roll-over relief rules contained in s41 to 47 of the Income Tax Act, No 58 of 1962. The most recent ruling in this regard is Binding Private Ruling No 168 (BPR 168), which was released on 17 April 2014. Read more >>
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 | Yaniv Kleitman One of the key features that the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008 introduced when it came into force in May 2011 is the substantially revised and simplified process for the implementation of a scheme of arrangement between a company and its shareholders (or other securities holders), in s114 of the Companies Act. Read more >>
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| Yaniv Kleitman Regulated companies, as defined in s117 read with s118 and regulation 91 under the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008, should always be mindful of the applicability of the takeover laws to share repurchases that fall under s48(8)(b) of the Companies Act, namely where the company intends repurchasing more than 5% of a class of its shares in a transaction or series of integrated transactions. Read more >>
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 | Nivashni Nair Glenwood residents have objected to the demolition of a heritage building to make way for a student hostel in the Durban suburb. Read more >>
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 | CARACAS, VENEZUELA: Venezuelans, who enjoy free highways and dirt-cheap petrol, are struggling to buy cars as production falters because of a lack of foreign currency to pay for imported parts. Read more >>
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 | Extradited British national Shrien Dewani will this morning appear in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town. Read more >>
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 | Ed Herbst Reflections on media impotence... Read more >>
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 | Ed Herbst Has the SABC gone downhill? Contrast the coverage of three floods... Read more >>
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 | Chantelle Gladwin and Gabriel da Matta The common costs of running a sectional title scheme are legally required to be divided between all the owners in such scheme according to the owners' respective participation quotas (PQ). However, it is possible to alter the ratio in which owners are charged. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Swanson Ownership is arguably the most extensive right that persons have with regard to their property. So, if an owner is deprived of its property without a legal cause, the owner is entitled to recover the property from the person in possession of it. Read more >>
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 | South African law firm Webber Wentzel has been selected as a World Economic Forum Global Growth Company for 2014. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: Entertainment industry bodies and Internet service providers in Britain are on the verge of striking a deal to combat piracy, authorities said. Read more >>
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 | BOGOTA, COLOMBIA: Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos lashed out at cyber-espionage allegedly carried out by a computer expert who worked for his main rival in presidential elections. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: US regulators announced that a deal had been reached with Snapchat to settle a charge that the Internet firm misled users into believing images sent over the popular phone application disappeared permanently. Read more >>
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 | SINGAPORE: Singapore's telecommunications regulator has fined Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) a record Sg$6m (US$4.8m) for nine days of service disruption that followed a fire at one of its facilities last year. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor A major review of the taxation of alcoholic beverages is being undertaken by the Treasury as a contribution to the government's fight against alcohol abuse and is likely to result in higher taxes and prices. Read more >>
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